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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Leslie Locke, Executive Assistant
DATE: November 4,2019
SUBJECT: HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2020; Hearing
Scheduled for Monday,November 18, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in the
Commissioner's Chambers
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2020
ANALYSIS:
State law(RCW 84.55.120) requires that the Commissioners hold a public hearing on the 2020 Ad Valorem
Tax Levies for levy in 2019 and collection in 2020.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2020; Hearing Scheduled for
Monday,November 18, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioner's Chambers
RE_EWED BY:
'hilip Mor - oun y mimstrator Date
Please publish 2 times: November 6 and 13, 2019
Bill to Jefferson County Commissioners
Non-departmental #15829
PO Box 1220
Port Townsend, WA 98368
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing is scheduled by the Jefferson County
Board of Commissioners for MONDAY,November 18, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in the
Commissioners' Chamber, County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA
98368 to consider the following: Proposed Resolutions setting the 2020 Ad Valorem Tax Levies
for Jefferson County based on 2019 assessments for collection in 2020, and a Proposed
Resolution for the diversion of a portion of the Road Levy for Traffic Law Enforcement.
Proposed Tax Increase for 2020: (Pursuant to Chapter 84.55.120 RCW)
The Board of County Commissioners has proposed increases of up to one percent (1%) in the
County General Fund Tax Levy, the County Road District Tax Levy and the County
Conservation Futures Tax Levy plus increases for all levies resulting from new construction,
improvement to property, any increase in the assessed value of state-assessed property, and any
refunds from the previous year.
Proposed Diversion of Road Levy for Traffic Law Enforcement for 2020
The Board of County Commissioners is also considering a Resolution to continue a past practice
of diverting $720,000 of the Road Levy for Traffic Law Enforcement within the General Fund.
Approved and signed this 4th day of November, 2019.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Kate Dean, Chair